Our latest camping adventure brought us to the Lost River Valley Campground in North Woodstock, New Hampshire. We spent three days enjoying the campsite and exploring North Woodstock and Littleton.
We stayed at this campground last year and enjoyed it so much I booked a trip for the following year on the drive home. Previously at site 66, we booked the site right next door, 166 for this trip. It was larger and set back a bit more off the road.
Site 166
The site was large, flat and Walker Brook was our backyard. The kids spent hours playing in the water, collecting rocks and splashing through the tiny waterfalls. It was mostly shaded with occasional sun hitting all the right spots.
We arrived on Thursday afternoon, set up camp, explored for a bit and then picked up pizza at a local place in North Woodstock for dinner. We ended the night with a fire, some river exploration and books before bed.
The next morning we headed out for a little morning adventure. After a quick stop at Woodstock Pie and Coffee Company for a delicious cinnamon roll we headed for a hike to Georgiana Falls, near Lincoln New Hampshire.
Hike to Georgiana Falls
Although the beginning part of this hike, a graffiti filled underpass with a highway running above, had me skeptical, it ended up being lovely. An easy hike with beautiful little waterfalls at the top to splash and play in. It was similar to Diana’s Bath in North Conway, NH without the hoards of people lugging in coolers and beach chairs to settle in for the day. 100 percent recommend this hike over that one.
After our hike we spent the afternoon back at the campsite enjoying Walker Brook. Having access to this body of water was phenomenal. It provided hours of entertainment for the kids. Anika was inspired to write some song lyrics.
We finished the evening with a trip to the Lost River Valley Campground store. The kids each got to pick out something for dessert and then stopped by the playground. The Pirate ship is always a hit.
Littleton, New Hampshire
The next morning we headed out for another little morning adventure. This time to explore the town of Littleton, New Hampshire.
Littleton is where Elenor Hodgdon Porter was born, the writer of the book Pollyanna and they have fully embraced this. It’s the “be glad town” with bright rainbow colored stairs and upside down umbrellas, “stop look and wave” directions in their crosswalk and musical instruments scattered about for people to stop and play as they wish. Seriously, there are multiple pianos for people to play…and they did. While I waited for the rest of my crew while they went in Chutters Candy Counter, the longest candy counter in the world, a man stopped by a near by piano and played one of the best renditions of Elton John’s Benny and the Jett’s I’ve ever heard. Others agreed as cars driving by cheered him on and groups of people stopped to listen.
Next we went down to the Riverwalk for a bit and crossed over the river on a beautiful covered bridge.
For lunch we headed to the nearby town of Bethlehem, where we went to The Mai Papaya for sandwiches and to Coneheads in North Woodstock for ice cream.
Back at the campground we played in the river, ate dinner, went for a walk and stopped by the pirate playground again. We rounded out our last night by the camp fire with some s’mores.
100 percent recommend this campground and this section of New Hampshire. There is a plethora of adorable towns to explore.
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